Regional School State Funding

State Representative Harold P. Naughton, Jr. (D-Clinton) has  announced an upcoming School Funding Formula Summit Meeting.  Guest speaker Roger Hatch, Massachusetts Department of Education School Finance Programs Administrator, will be leading the discussion of Chapter 70 funding and how it’s working and where it’s going.  Hatch [...]

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Planning Board Public hearings

by Kim

The Planning board heard 3 public hearing last night on warrant articles for Town Meeting:

Citizen’s Petition for a WCF Moratorium- Article 45:  Town Council advised the Planning Board that they are not required to have an opinion on this article as it does not seek a bylaw amendment.

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Community Preservation Funded Projects

By Kim

Previously I listed the projects being considered by the CPC (Community Preservation Committee),  here’s an update on the final cut of capital projects to be put to a vote at town meeting, Monday 4/26.

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Special Meetings Scheduled to Discuss School Reimbursement

The Northborough-Southborough Regional School Committee will be holding a Special Open Meeting to discuss the MSBA Reimbursement issue.  Meeting will be at Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett Street, Northborough, MA, Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:00p.m.

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Town Election

Voters must be registered by April 6th to vote in the Town Elections and at Town Meeting.    Town Meeting will be April 26th and the Town Election will be May 10th.

All town elected positions this year have gone unopposed.

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ZBA accepts T Mobile's Withdrawal of their Petition for a Variance

ZBA continued the hearing on the petition of T-Mobile Northeast LLC  for a Variance/Special Permit to allow a Wireless Communication Facility to be located less than the required 1000-foot distance from St. Bernadette’s school and less than the required 500-foot distance from the nearest residential property line; and to allow the fence required to [...]

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Short Takes from the Board of Selectmen's Meeting

Much of the discussion last night was in preparation of town meeting, giving public hearing time to the various articles to be addressed.

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Northborough asks Regional School Committee to initiate a Declaratory Judgment

At their meeting last Wednesday evening, Northborough Town Administrator, Mr. John Coderre asked the Northborough Southborough Regional School Committee to initiate a declaratory judgment in the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) reimbursement dispute between the towns of Northborough and Southborough. 

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Topics Covered At Monday's BOS Meeting

State Senator Harriet Chandler, State Representative Harold Naughton, Jr. and State Senator James Eldridge all attended the Board of Selectmen’s meeting yesterday.

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Cell Tower Citizen's Petition

by Kim

Those of you who have been reading NorthboroNews for a while now know there have been cell tower applications on the table recently, and all of them have had setback issues due to proximity to a school, residence, or existing tower, requiring bylaw overrides from the ZBA or Planning Board. This has given rise [...]

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